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Lobster Cocktail

From The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book, 1913

Serves 2

Canned lobster may be used if fresh cannot be procured.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons sherry
  • 2 tablespoons tomato catsup
  • 1 tablespoon horse radish
  • 1 tablespoon chopped olives
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • a few grains of cayenne or a little tobasco
  • meat of a two-pound lobster

Method

  1. Mix sherry, tomato catsup, horseradish, olives, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne.

  2. Pour over lobster meat cut into small pieces.

  3. Stand for one hour, serve cold in cocktail glasses, and sprinkle with powdered lobster coral before serving.

Nutrition per serving

45Calories
2 gProtein
7 gCarbs
1 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book (1913) by Portland Woman's Exchange (Or.), page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lobster Cocktail. 2 tablespoons sherry. 2 tablespoons tomato catsup. 1 tablespoon horse radish. 1 tablespoon chopped olives. 1 tablespoon lemon juice. 1 teaspoon salt, and a few grains of cayenne or a little tobasco. Mix thoroughly and pour over the meat of a two-pound lobster

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